Re: Cut Long Names

de shadow 05/08/2006 08:03

On Sun, 07 May 2006 20:41:46 -0400, Susan Bugher <sebugher@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>shadow wrote:
>> On Sun, 07 May 2006 11:34:41 -0400, Susan Bugher <sebugher@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>>Gerard Bok wrote:
>>>>On Sat, 06 May 2006 17:45:19 GMT, Tramp <Jg3q2cB@Jg3q2cB.com>
>>>>wrote:
>
>>>>>http://www.replsoft.com/cutlongnames.html
>>>
>>>>Maybe I am missing something, but as far as I can see this
>>>>software is NOT FREE (nor cheap :-)
>>>
>>>love that web site. . . NOT. . . ;)
>>>
>>>It took me a while to find out that Cut Long Names is a stand alone app
>>>(not a plug-in for the $$$ware). . . never did find a "ware" statement.
>>>
>>>Softpedia says it's Freeware:
>>>
>>>http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/Cut-Long-Names.shtml
>
>> Thanks for the additional info, after I saw the "Download For Free" I
>> had decided I didn't need that particular utility. Since most so
>> called "download for free sites" are just that, free download, but not
>> freeware in any shape or form. So after your post I went and
>> downloaded it from Softpedia. I'll dig into it and see if there are
>> any gotcha's lurking therein. Again thanks!
>
>You're welcome. :) I had just visited the web site and checked the ware
>type (doing that is *almost* an automatic reflex) when Gerard posted his
>comment/question so all I had to do write the reply. ;) I'll be
>interested to hear what you think of the app after you've tried it.
>
>Susan
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Susan:

Cut Long Names 1.6b - my impressions
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Only works under Windows NT/XP

No Install, simply put the executable where-ever you want it and run
it.

Does not create any registry entries of its own, nor make any changes
to the system. It is of course added to the Registy MRU's and programs
List which is normal behavior.

Basic operation.
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Can only scan a partition or hard drive, cannot drill down to a single
folder.

Pre-set to scan *.xls;*.doc;*.rtf;*.txt;*.html;*.htm files, can easily
add your own extensions.

Pre-set for 150 characters length, can easily change the length to
search for.

A simply check mark allows searching system files as well.

It is fast and searches a 10G partition in seconds. it would take
somewhat longer when searching through a full hard drive of the chosen
extensions I am sure.

One can choose which files to rename and which not to from the found
file names listing.

The utility allows saving the listing of the file names (with full
paths) after renaming.

I do not like the auto rename feature when one clicks on start rename,
as one is not given a choice as to how to rename. I would recommend
testing it on a few files first.

One can use it to locate long file names, and manually rename the
files oneself. I would be a more confortable and a lot safer doing
that anyway. It would have been handy to include the ability to click
on a file name and change it to your name of preference from within
the utility but that it doesn't do this is more than likely one of the
reasons its freeware.

It does what it claims to do, doesn't have any bad side effects, and
uses very little memory (3.1m when running) or system resources.

One gets what one pays for.

Useful in checking for long files names before creating ISO's and
burning backups to CD/DVD disc's, or any other removable media for
that matter.

Shadow